Facebook Inc mentioned on Friday it had confirmed that the attackers within the mass security breach it introduced overdue closing month accessed the accounts of about 30 million people in general and stole title and call main points for 29 million.
Facebook Inc mentioned in overdue September that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over just about 50 million person accounts in its worst security breach ever, but didn't confirm if knowledge had in reality been stolen.
The corporate mentioned that for 15 million people, attackers accessed two units of information – title and call main points including phone number, e mail, or both, relying on what the folks had on their profiles.
For some other 14 million people, the attackers additionally accessed other main points incorporated username, gender, locale/language, dating status, faith, hometown, present city, birthdate, devices used to access Facebook, schooling, work, and the closing 10 places they checked into or had been tagged in.
"We’re cooperating with the FBI, which is actively investigating and asked us not to discuss who may be behind this attack," Facebook mentioned on a weblog put up.
Facebook Inc mentioned in overdue September that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over just about 50 million person accounts in its worst security breach ever, but didn't confirm if knowledge had in reality been stolen.
The corporate mentioned that for 15 million people, attackers accessed two units of information – title and call main points including phone number, e mail, or both, relying on what the folks had on their profiles.
Sharing the results of our investigation into the assault we introduced two weeks in the past: https://t.co/tkDrVV7YZO
— Facebook (@fb) 1539362322000For some other 14 million people, the attackers additionally accessed other main points incorporated username, gender, locale/language, dating status, faith, hometown, present city, birthdate, devices used to access Facebook, schooling, work, and the closing 10 places they checked into or had been tagged in.
"We’re cooperating with the FBI, which is actively investigating and asked us not to discuss who may be behind this attack," Facebook mentioned on a weblog put up.
Attackers stole details from 29m users: Facebook
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